Harness-saddle



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. W. GARRETT, Jr. 8: B. B. HUGGIN.

HARNESS SADDLE.

No. 422,762. Patented M21424, 1890.

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. W. GARRETT, Jr. & B. B. HUGGIN.

HARNESS SADDLE.

No. 422,762. Patented Mar. 4, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN WV. GARRETT, JR, AND BENJAMIN B. HUGGIN, OF SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,762, dated March 4, 1890.

Application filed August 22, 1889. Serial No. 321,601. (No model.)

To aZL- whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN WV. GARRETT, J1'., and BENJAMIN B. HUGGIN, citizens of the United States, residing at Spartanburg, in the county of Spartan and State of South Carolina, have invented new and useful Improve ments in Harness-Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to harness saddles adapted to be adjusted in such a manner as to avoid rubbing or chafing sore or tender spots on the horses back and to meet the varyin g requirements of use with different kinds of vehicles.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts in a harness saddle, as hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a partlysectional end elevation of our improved harness saddle. Fig. 2 is a side view'of the same. Fig. 3 represents Views of one of our improved. padplates, bearing-straps, and shaft-bearers separated from each other and detached fromthe saddle. Fig. 4. illustrates a modification in the hinged connection of the saddle and saddle-tree.

Referring; to Figs. 1 and 2, the numeral 1 designates a suitably-covered metal saddletree having rein-terrets 2 and a checkreinhook 3, as usual. The saddlepads 4 each have a metal plate 5 secured thereto beneath the pad-cover 6, and. hinged to the saddle tree 1, as shown in Fig.1. This plate 5, as shown in Fig. 3, is provided with holes 7 for passage of bolts or screws 8, Fig. 1, by which it is secured to the saddle' pad. the plate 5 is provided with two parallel lugs 9, between which the ends of the metal saddle-tree 1 are received. The lugs 9 extend nearly the entire length of the plate 5, and each lug is provided with a series of perforations 10 for passage of a hinge pin 11, by which they are adjustably connected to the saddle-tree.

By withdrawing the hinge pins 11 the metal plates 5 and attached saddle-pads 4: can be raised or lowered to correspond. to the size of the animal. and to avoid rubbing or chafing tender spots, While the hinged connection of these parts also enables the saddle to be read- The outer side of- 'ily adapted to differences in the shape and the size of a horses back. The lugs 9 of the plates 5 project through the pad-cover 6, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, for convenience in connecting them to the saddle-tree.

The lower central portion of the pad cover 6 is cut away to expose the lower end of the metal plate 5, which is provided with a transverse slot 12 for engaging the bearing-strap 13, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The bearing-strap 13 is preferably composed. of metal; but it may be made of leather. When made of metal, its upper end is pro= vided with a hook. 14 to engage the slot 12 in the metal pad-plate.

The lower portion of the bearing strap 13 is provided with a series of slots or oblong openings 15 for attachment of a metal shaft bearer 16, the form of which is clearly shown in Fig. 3, in which the padplate, bearing strap, and shaft-bearer are separately shown.

The shaft-bearers l6 consist of metal loops adapted. to receive and support the shafts. On the edge of each bearer isa lug 1'7, shaped to correspond to one of the slots 15, so as to fit therein and be secured bya screw-bolt 18, a cross-head19 on the upper end of thebearer 16 having been previously passed through and engaged in a slot 15 above that in which the lug 17 is to be engaged. By this con struction the shaft-bearers can bevertically adjusted on the bearing straps according to the height of the horse or the distance of the shafts from the ground. Each shaft-bearer may be provided with a pivoted loop 20 for attachment of straps to hold the shafts down.

As shown. in Fig. 4., the plate 5 may be provided with only one lug 9, and the end of the saddle tree 1 may be bifurcated to receive said lug, to which it is adjustably attached by means of a hinge pin 11, as before de scribed.

This harness saddle can be readily adjusted to the back of a horse so as to avoid rubbing or chafing any tender spots and to accommo date the saddle to variations in size and shape of the animals back.

hat we claim as our invention is 1. In a harness saddle, the combination of the saddlatree 1, the adjustable pads 4,. the elongated plates 5, secured to the pads and having lugs 9, that extend nearly the entire length of said plates and project through the pad-covers, said lugs each provided with a: series of holes 10, the hinge-pins 11, adj 11stably pivoting the plates to the ends of the tree for raising and lowering the pads, and the bearing-straps 13,' suspended fro1n said; plates and provided with adjustable shaft-i bearers 16, substantially as described. f

2. In a harness-saddle, the combination of the saddle-tree 1, the pads 45, the plates 5, each, provided with a transverse slot 12 and with parallel lugs 9, extending nearly the entire; length of said platesand projecting through,

JOHN w. GARRETT,'JR. BENJAMIN B. I-IUGGIN.

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